Long gone are the days of fat print newspapers, crowded newsrooms and bountiful profits. This is increasingly the time of grassroots journalism, and some stars are emerging.
Take, ProPublica, for example. First of all, it is non-profit. It does a lot of journalism, and since its inception in 2007 has received its fair share of accolades--including a Pulitzer. It does journalism in a way that attempts, first and foremost to, produce "investigative journalism in the public interest," according to its mission.
The organization takes its mission one step further and regularly offers free assistance for journalists seeking to learn how to do investigate journalism well. Recently, the group offered "reporting recipe" of sorts to journalists. Read about it here.
The idea is to get back to the basics. And, on a more practical level, some say Pro-Publica's business model is indicative of what more and more successful news ventures will look like in the future.
I am paying close attention. There assistance is invaluable to a budding journalist. And, who knows, there operation is a type of workplace I may someday work for.
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